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[–]Korberos 64 points65 points  (3 children)

Mods are hitting it out of the park with the stickies lately. Keep it up.

[–]real_nice_guy 21 points22 points  (2 children)

this compliment should be stickied.

[–]priuspilot 4 points5 points  (1 child)

IF only there was a way to cover it in a thin layer of precious metal

[–]jonny_ponny 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You want to cover his coment in palladium?

[–]39T5fqdsRustdroAJK2H 20 points21 points  (8 children)

So Ive seen rumors that lightning has been deployed already and used for tx on mainnet. Is that true?

[–]BashCo 27 points28 points  (6 children)


Q: When will the Lightning Network be rolled out?

A: The rollout has already begun. This is an iterative distributed learning process; it's unlikely there will be a single point in time at which we say LN is "deployed" because it will grow organically. Software is never finished.

[–]Gustav096 1 point2 points  (4 children)

I have to disagree with "software is never finished".

If you've ever played an older Nintendo with cartridges, then you were playing a "100% finished software"

[–]Only1BallAnHalfaCocK 2 points3 points  (0 children)

CryptoCurrency is not Nintendo

[–]Tudor14pop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do software at work so yeah it's never 100% finished. Probably there were many things left out and many bugs, but the game just "seemed" to be 100% done when actually is really "good enough" or "acceptable" experience to be sold. Ask every software company on the planet why are they releasing updates after updates?

[–]BenoitParis 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Until someone figures out some magic mario moves that can execute arbitrary code on the Nintendo.

Even CPUs are not even a 100% finished product.

[–]Gustav096 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh damn!!! That's awesomeness!

[–]rapgab 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would say yes, did you read the article?

[–]UKcoin 14 points15 points  (3 children)

"If drivechains are deployed in 2018, the first iteration of such a sidechain could well be “Bitcoin Extended:” essentially a “big block" version of Bitcoin to allow for more transaction throughput."

“Miners could activate drivechains tomorrow"

I'm amazed this hasn't been talked about more, we're talking about bigger blocks done through a soft fork. I don't understand why this isn't a great thing. Isn't this a fantastic and much needed solution? Jihan should be all over this.

Schnorr Signatures: "historical transactions suggest it would save an average of 25 percent per transaction, which would increase Bitcoin’s maximum transaction capacity by about 33 percent."

sounds amazing.

Looks like Bitcoin is about to take a good dose of steroids and morph into something incredible. By the time we halve in 2 1/2 years Bitcoin will look like a beast compared to now.

[–]Sixunderground00 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Where can I learn more about this ... "Halving"?..

[–]UKcoin 0 points1 point  (0 children)


next one is in roughly 2 1/2 years, block reward will drop from 12.5btc to 6.25btc

[–]typtyphus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Monster sewer rat

[–]uMEverse 3 points4 points  (29 children)

What advice would you give someone who has never invested in 2018?

Edit: Opera had a speed dial suggestion linking to Hashflare.. is it trustworthy? Also what is is?

[–]quickfluid 29 points30 points  (4 children)

Same advice as always.

  • Only invest what you can afford to lose. There's a lot of factors in play and no one knows how anything is going to ultimately play out. Don't invest money you will likely need to access in the immediate future. Don't panic sell at a loss if the price dips, zoom out, and relax, maybe it never goes back up, but that would be the first time that's ever happened, and you've only invested what you can afford to lose anyway, so whatevs.

  • Only listen to people that have demonstrated a genuine understanding of the technology, about what bitcoin is or isn't, or will be or can be. Every time there is a new technological breakthrough that gains the interest of the general public, people that don't understand it feel the need to try and dismiss or ridicule it and it's early advocates and adopters. Happened with the automobile, happened with the internet. Some people feel stupid when they can't understand something, that hurts their ego and makes them want to lash out at the thing and the people that do understand it. People are strange.

  • Have fun. Bitcoin is magic internet money created by a mysterious faceless man that popped into existence and then back out again just as quick. There's forks and spoons and dips and crashes and the moon and the stars and cyphers and whales and probably a dragon in there somewhere. Its bleeding edge, potentially world changing technology unfolding infront of everyone's eyes in real time and anyone that wants to can have a stake in it, and anyone can contribute something positive to it if they wish. It's exciting, it's an adventure, don't get all caught up with the people and their drama that want to make it into some kind of a bitchy and dull schoolyard fight.

Have fun, be sensible, play nice, best of luck.

[–]jesuisbitcoin 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Beautiful, is that yours ?

[–]quickfluid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks man, yeah just me blabbering on.

[–]Ridder44 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well said, sir!

[–]Tudor14pop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the dragon is Satoshi Nakamoto :)

[–]ILikeToSayHi 17 points18 points  (8 children)


[–]uMEverse 5 points6 points  (7 children)

So buy once and HODL?

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    [–]uMEverse 1 point2 points  (4 children)

    As an average person I feel like I need to have a passport and set up a strange banking system which uses a currency that fluctuates like gas prices (which I can never seem to fill up at the right times/places) then pay exorbitant fees to withdraw or sometimes use my funds (if I can)

    But honestly I want in.

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      [–]uMEverse 4 points5 points  (2 children)

      Thanks. My old roommate from college suggested I do so the day before it went to 9000 :/

      [–]ILikeToSayHi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      Put in 1k. worst case scenario, you end up with a couple hundred bucks. Best case scenario you end up with 10k+

      [–]Turil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      Or, better, buy Bitcoin, spend it (or give it away) and then immediately replace it (with the fiat that you would be spending anyway). That way it gets used and more people have it, so it's more popular. And you don't lose any.

      [–]sudo_systemctl 4 points5 points  (2 children)

      Don’t wait until it suddenly spikes to convince you to buy in.

      [–]uMEverse 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      So like now?

      [–]atb206 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      I’m confused why this isn’t upvoted more.

      [–]Ocryptocampos[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)